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Medal - Daoguang Tongbao Boo Gui, 道光通寶
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| Shape | Round with a square hole |
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| Obverse description | Central square hole (穿) surrounded by a raised square rim, flanked on the left by a Manchu/Mongolian script character (ᠪᠣᠣ, 'Boo') and on the right by the Chinese character 癸 (gui), rendered in regular script (楷書). The field is plain and unadorned. This reverse-style layout displaying only the mint and cyclical characters flanking the central perforation follows the traditional Qing cash coin convention for the reverse, here appearing on what is designated the obverse of this fantasy piece. |
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| Obverse lettering | 道光通寶 |
| Reverse description | Central square perforation (穿) with a raised square collar, flanked to the left by the Manchu script syllables ᠪᠣᠣ (Boo, representing the mint prefix 寶) and to the right by the Chinese cyclical character 癸 (gui), the tenth Heavenly Stem, cast in shallow relief against a plain field. The characters are rendered in a conventional Qing dynasty cash coin style, consistent with the Boo-Gui (貴州) mint attribution. The overall layout mirrors standard Qing cash coin reverse design conventions. |
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